86 Tigers Rescued from Infamous Temple in Thailand Have Died

[Turd Fergusen]

Over half of the 147 tigers confiscated from the Tiger Temple - a tourist attraction where visitors could take selfies with the big cats - have died in captivity within the last three years, local media reported.

The Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua or Tiger Temple, located west of Bangkok, promoted itself as a wildlife sanctuary that charged visitors admission to interact with the animals.

However, just three years ago, the government removed 147 tigers after the site was linked to wildlife trafficking.

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[Satanica]

"When we took the tigers in, we noted that they had no immune system due to inbreeding," the deputy director-general, Prakit Vongsrivattanakul of Thailand's department of national parks, wildlife and plant conservation (DNP), told the state-owned broadcaster MCOT. "We treated them as symptoms came up," he added.

 

[Keepalowprofile]

What a shitty rescue.

 

[spiff]

I wonder if they pumped them full of antibiotics ALL of the time when they were young and can't function without all the drugs.

I also wonder if the rescuers really fucked up somehow and need to shift blame.

Poor, poor kitties. I'm glad that big cat "petting zoos" have been internationally exposed as the pits of abuse they are in the past decade. As much as I'd love to spoon a tiger, I'll leave the super annoying cuddles for my own poor housecat.

 

[Sejanus]

Tragic really.

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[ghosttruck]

promoted itself as a wildlife sanctuary

but

the site was linked to wildlife trafficking

Damn...you can't even trust monks these days